Pouch



July 14, 1931. w. BARNES POUCH Filed Sept. 27, 1927 INVVENTORZ Les/1e 'Mflarnes ATTORNEY pouch Patented Jul 14, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LESLIE W. BARNES, .OF STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT roucia:

i 1 Application filed September 27, 1927. Serial No. 222,266.

Watertight and airtight, and 'novel and im- "proved meansfor retaining the neck in rolled, I

- frame, desirably of metal, said frame confoldedor creased condition; V e

A further object is toprovide a pouch consisting of an article containing body, a neck adapted to be collapsed or flattened out and rolled, folded or creased to render the inte- "rior of the body watertight and airtight, and

novel and improved means for retaining the neck in collapsed or flattened out and rolled, folded or creased condition.

A further object is to provide a pouch having closing mechanism of new, specific and peculiar construction to be described designed to .perform its service of rendering the interior of. the body of the pouch water tight and airtight in a wholly satisfactory l 325 and dependable manner.

With theabove objects in view, as well as others which will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of ll-3'0 parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed,it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in. no way in a limiting sense, changes in details of con 5 struction' and arrangement of parts beingpermissible so long as within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims. 1 i

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pouch having the features of the invention, the neck of the pouch being disclosed in wide open posi- 5 tion; 1

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the pouch as when closed;

Fig. 3 is anend view of the pouchas when open; 1 i

60 Fig; 4 is an end view as when closed 5' and.

- said length of Fig.5 is a sectional view as on line 5- 5 in 3.

j With respect tothe drawingsand the numerals of reference thereon, denotes the pouch body, 11 the pouchneck, which is preferably flexible, and 12 represents, generally, the pouch closing mechanism of the invention. I 1

Of the pouch closing mechanism,i13 isa sistingofa single strip of material bent to rectilinear form defining the parallel vertical-walls 14 and 15, and the oblique walls 16 and 17 connecting said walls 14 and 15, the

tending from the frame 13 in direction toward said pouchbody. To produce the members 19, the wall is vertically slit preferably at itsmidwidth, is alsohorizontally slit at spaced apart elevations, and the material of said wall defined by said slits is bent outwardly from the frame, preferably at right-angles, as at 20, and inwardly as at 21, to produce hook members or flange members which are in alignment,cextend toward each other, and the free vertical edges 22 of which are spaced a slight distance apart. See Fig. 5.

' Thehook'members or flange members 19 of the frame 13 are for the purposes of fixing or securing said frame to and supporting said frame upon the'pouch body. As will be more clear from Figs. 3, 4, and 5, a length of flexible material, desirably rubber, of.

pouch body, has its opposite end portions 23 secured to the pouch body in any suitable manner, as'by molding, to provide a frame retainer 24 extending indirection from top toward bottom of the pouch. The part of material between the secured end portions 23 is free of the pouch body and is preferably a 25 between said length of material and said pouch body, the pockethaving openmgsat its opposlte side edges.

bit slack to afford a pocket wall I l or 15 A. lug 29 struck rest upon the outer It might be remarked that the pocket 25 is of dimension to nicely receive both hook members or flange members 19 of the frame 13 in such manner that the side edges of the frame retainer 24 are contiguous with or closely adjacent to the connected ends of said hook members or flange members. To insert said hook members or flange members in theside openings of the pocket 25, the length of flexible material constituting the frame retainer is suitably bent or doubled up and passed through the space between the adjacent free edges of the hook members'or flange members and then allowed to straighten out, as will be understood fromFigs'3, 43

and 5 and the description hereinbefore made. The frame member 13 will-not, it 'will'be ob.- vious, become accidentally removed from the pouch b'ody'when associated with said pouch body in the manner as set forth.v

i As will be evident from Figs. 1 to 4:, when the frame member 13 is associated with the pouch body, the upper'portion of said frame member is about at the jointure between the pouch bo'dyand the-pouch neck, the lower portion of said frame member is desirably above the bottom of the pouch body, and the oblique walls 16 and 17 connecting the vertical walls 14 and 15 slant outwardly and downwardly from the pouch'body.

A pouch neck retainer 26 consists of a. flat strip of material, preferably metahbent at its opposite ends to provide an upper, resilientpouch neck engaging member 27, and a lower, resilient frame engaging member 28, said'members27 and 28' being, as shown, at right-anglesto the body portion of the retainer 26. The body portion of the'pouch neck retainer 26' is slightly longer than the measurement representing the length of a from the body of said retainer 26; extending through a vertical elongated slot 30 in the wall 14, and

Jent over in direction toward said. wall 14 as at 31, provides means for holding the retainer 26 to the frame Band for allowing said retainer to be slid along said frame.

Numeral 32. represents a bead about the mouthof the neck of the pouch adapted to portion of the oblique wall "16' of the frame 13 when the pouch neck is collapsed or flattened out and folded or creased". The pouch neck engaging member 2'7? is: adapted toengage said pouch neck'an'd its bead when the neck: retainer 26 is slid downwardly along the frame 13. The free end of said 'resilient member 27 is inwardly curled'as indicated at 33' so that when the retainer is slid down said curled portion 33 engages the necli'of the pouch on a line; at or adjacent to the localn'onof said bead, and said bead is situated and confined between said, oblique wall16 of saidframe 13 and said retainer 26, its resilient member 27., and

the curled portion of said resilient member. See Figs. 2 and 4.

When the retainer 26 is slid down from its location as in Figs. 1 and 3 to location where the member 27 engages the pouch neck and its bead in the manner as stated and as disclosed in Figs. 2 and 4, the frame engaging member 28 has also moved from its position as in Figs. 1 and 3 to its position as in Figs. 2 and l. That is to say, said resilient member 28 has snapped over upon the oblique wall 17 of the frame 13, to engage against Said wall 17 with spring pressure. The free fact fastened downunder any desired spring v pressure by the resilient member 27. the retainer having been once moved to position to close the pouch neck, the parts of the closure mechanism will not become accidentally displaced. When, however, it is desired to remove the pouch neck from its fastening means, this can be readily done. by flexing the rctainer'body portion outwardly to. remove the spring member 28 away from, the oblique wall 17, thus releasing the retainer to position where it can be slid along the frame 13. Slight upward sliding movement ofjsaid' retainer will then move the resilient member 27 in direction away from the oblique wall 16 and release the pouch neck and its head from clamped position. v

The walls of theframe 13' are desirably suitably arranged with respect to each other to provide away or slot 35 to snugly receive a belt whereby the pouch can be suspended upon a wearer; 7

hat I claim is 1. A pouch'compris ing an article contain? ing body having an openable side, a frame supported upon said article containing body and including an upper surface adjacent said openable sid'e,'a lower surface in spaced relation to said openable side, anda side surface, and a member slidable along the side surface of said frame, said member including an element adapted to engage said 'openable side and to clamp the engaged portion of said pouch against the upper surface of said frame, and a resilient 'el'ement'adapte'd' to engage the. lower surface of said 'frame't'o hold said element in clamping relation againstsaid pouch.

2. A pouch comprising an arti'cle containingbody having an openable side, a frame supported upon said article containing body and including an upper surface adjacent said Clearly,

openable side, a lower surface in spaced relation to said openable side, and a side surface, and a member slidable along the side surface of said frame including a resilient element adapted to engage said openable side, and

a resilient element adapted to be sprung over and made to engage the lower surface of said frame to thus clamp the portion of said pouch engaged by said resilient element first mentioned between said first mentioned resilient element and said upper surface of said frame.

3. The combination as specified in claim 2, wherein said upper and lower surfaces of said frame are obliquely disposed relatively to said side surface.

4. A pouch comprising an article containing body, a flexible neck upon said body, and means for closing the opening through said neck to said body, said means comprising a frame supported upon said article containing body and including an upper surface adjacent said neck, a lower surface spaced from said neck, and a side surface, and a member slidable upon said frame .and having upper and lower resilient elements, said upper resilient element being adapted to engage a portion of said neck when collapsed and resting upon said upper surface, and said lower resilient element being adapted to be sprung over said lower surface of said frame to resiliently fasten said upper resilient element down against said neck to thus clamp said neck in closed position between said upper surface and said upper resilient element.

5. A pouch comprising an article contain ing body having an openable side, a strip of material secured to said pouch body to provide a pocket having side openings, a frame having hook members extending into the side openings of said pocket, said frame having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a side surface adjacent said pocket, and a member slidable along the side surface of said frame and having an upper and a lower resilient element, said openable side of said pouch be ing adapted to be collapsed and made tolie upon said upper surface of said frame, said upper resilient element being adapted to engage said openable side opposite said upper surface when said openable side is collapsed and upon said upper surface, and said lower resilient element being adapted to be snapped over said lower surface of said frame to be brought into resilient holding relation against said lower surface to thus resiliently clamp said openable side of said pouch between said upper resilient element and said upper surface of said frame.

6. The combination as specified in claim 5, wherein said openable side of said pouch includes a bead surrounding said openable side, and said upper and lower surfaces of said frame extend obliquely and downwardly from said pouch body, said head being adapted to lie upon the outer, lower portion of material secured to said pouch body to pro-' vide a pocket having side openings, a frame having hook members extending into the side openings of said pocket, said frame consisting of a single piece of material providing upper and lower surfaces and spaced apart side surfaces providing a belt slot, and a clamp member slidable along one of said side surfaces, said hook members being struck up from the other of said side surfaces of said frame; 7

8. The combination as specified in claim 7 wherein said clamp member includes upper and lower resilient elements, said upper resilient element being adapted to engage a portion of said pouch adjacent said openable side when resting upon said upper surface of saidframe, and said lower resilient element being adapted to be snapped over said lower surface of said frame to be brought into holding relation with said lower surface to thus clamp said openable side of said pouch between said upper resilient element and said upper surface of said frame.

9. A pouch comprising an article containing body having an openable side, a frame supported upon said body and including an upper surface adjacent said openable side and a lower surface in spaced relation to said openable side, and a side surface, and a member slidable along the side surface of said frame and including an element adapted to engage said openable side and an element adapted to be passed over and made to engage the lower surface of said frame to thus clamp the portion of the pouch engaged by the element first mentioned between said first mentioned element and the upper surface of the frame.

Signed at Bridgeport, inthe county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, this 30th day of August, A. D. 1927.

' LESLIE W. BARNES. 

